McConnelsville is a village in and the county seat of Morgan County, Ohio, United States, on the east bank of the Muskingum River. Located 21 miles southeast of Zanesville and 26 miles northwest of Ma
Downtown McConnelsville
Morgan County Veterans Memorial Bridge
Main Street in McConnelsville in 2007
Morgan County Courthouse in 2007
Big Muskie was a dragline excavator built by Bucyrus-Erie and owned by the Central Ohio Coal Company, weighing 13,500 short tons and standing 22 stories tall. It mined coal in the U.S. state of Ohio f
McConnelsville, Ohio
…a community meeting room. Big Muskie Bucket -- located in nearby Miners Memorial Park, the bucket is what remains from the famed coal mining dragline, Big Muskie. Morgan County Courthouse -- located in downtown McConnelsville, the Greek Revival style building was designed by architect William P. Johnson and built…
Big Muskie in February 1999
Big Muskie near Chandlersville, Ohio, July 1974
Big Muskie near Freeland, Ohio, October 1973
The Big Muskie Bucket (looking south) at Miners' Memorial Park, Bristol, Ohio (about 17 miles west of Caldwell), May 2013